Third person POV:

After arriving home, Shadow/Clockwork immediately went to bed. He murmured, "Chronos made me like this."

The next day...

Shadow's POV:

Today was a weekend, so there wasn't any school today. I watched the news as I got some breakfast. "...Thug was later found defeated on the streets. He supposedly dueled a powerful opponent that defeated him in one turn. We're still investigating the scene and will report back if we find anything else." I only smiled at this since no one but Yuma bothered to look up the Clock Incident.

Anyway, I got dressed, grabbed my deck just in case, and went out.

Yuma's POV:

Astral asked, "Yuma, isn't that Shadow?" I looked and did a double take. He wore a grey jacket with a white shirt, blue jeans with a black belt, and brown sneakers. They all had "gear" patterns on them. He looked and saw me with his black hair and brown eyes. He greeted as he walked up to me, "Hello, Yuma. Didn't expect seeing you here." He turned to Astral and continued, "However, I can't say the same for your floating friend. I did see him during our duel, after all." I asked, "You can see him?!" Shadow nodded and asked, "Your name?" Astral replied, "My name is Astral." Shadow nodded. "Nice to officially meet you."

We ended up entering this tag-team duel tournament. We had to make it through 3 rounds to win and make it to the top. And the rules were simple. We share a field and cards that were played. Each team has 4000 life points each duel. Also, we can adjust our decks so we can pull the other team off guard between rounds. Shadow warned me, "You better prepare to adjust quickly because I have different decks with different cards." I only grinned and replied, "Then I'll try to get a sense of your dueling pattern." He nodded and we started dueling.

The first round was something I already got the feel of. He used his Clockwork deck. However, the second round is where it got interesting.

He told me before we went up, "I'm using a different deck this time." I replied, "So, what's the name of it?" He simply said as we walked to the field, "Symphony Crashers. Well, that's the theme, anyway." "Music?" "Yeah, pretty much. I'm actually testing this deck out and it's actually pretty cool. Not released to the public yet." "Wait, how did you get that then?" He sighed and explained, "We all have to make a living. It's actually my job to test the new decks out and see how they do. They pay well, though." He smiled before adding, "I was actually the one who tested the Gagaga and Gogogo decks." I looked at him in shock as he explained, "I get one third of the sales of the decks. It adds up, but I didn't expect to see you duel with one. Excellent combo use, might I add." I turned red at the comment and asked, "So the deck you have is based on music, right?" He shrugged, "Mostly. But just get ready, it's still a work in progress." I only nodded as we got on our field.

The two opponents were twins. Creepy ones, might I add. The boy greeted, "I'm Zero." The girl finished, "And I'm Orez." Shadow murmured to me, "Mirror names... This is interesting." I nodded in agreement as all of our duel gazers activated and we shouted, "Let's duel!"

Third Person POV:

Yuma and Shadow: 4000
Zero and Orez: 4000

Shadow shouted, "Testers first!" He drew a card as he shouted, "I summon Symphonic Warrior Basses!" A small purple machine that resembled an electric guitar appeared while wielding the said purple instrument.

Symphonic Warrior Basses
Level: 1
Attribute: Wind
Type: Machine/Tuner
ATK: 600

He continued, "I activate the spell Double Summon! This allows me to normal summon another monster this turn. And I pick the other Symphonic Warrior Basses that's in my hand, so come on out!" Another guitar monster appeared. Shadow continued, "I throw a face down and activate both of my monsters' special ability! I can select one Symphonic Warrior on the field and its level increases by the number of cards in my hand!"

Symphonic Warrior Basses
Level: 1=3

He finished, "I now overlay my two level 3 monsters to build the overlay network!" The two guitars flew together as he chanted, "Get ready to face the wrath of music! I Xyz summon, Melomelody the Brass Djinn!" A small green haired, horned, cute demon appeared and sat on a brass trumpet that was bigger that it and had a lot of other horns which projected music.

Melomelody the Brass Djinn
Rank: 3
Attribute: Light
Type: Fiend/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 1400

He concluded, "I end my turn by placing the other two cards in my hand face down." Zero complimented, "An Xyz monster on your first turn. Impressive. It's my turn then. I draw." He then scanned his cards and continued, "I summon Inpachi."

Inpachi
Level: 4
Attribute: Earth
Type: Machine
ATK: 1600

Zero declared, "I throw down two face downs and have Inpachi attack Melomelody!" Shadow shouted, "I activate my trap, Draining Shield! This not only negates your attack, but also makes us gain life points equal to the monster's attack!"

Yuma and Shadow: 4000=5400

Zero growled as he concluded, "I throw down two more face downs and end my turn." Yuma gave Shadow a thumbs up and stated, "A great counter!" He replied, "Thanks, now it's your turn!" Yuma finished, "And I draw!" She then yelled, "I summon Gogogo Golem!"

Gogogo Golem
Level: 4
Attribute: Earth
Type: Rock/Effect
DEF: 1500

She continued, "And since I summoned a level 4 monster to my field, I can special summon Kagetokage!"

Kagetokage
Level: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Reptile/Effect
ATK: 1100

She finished, "I now overlay my two monsters to Xyz summon, Gagaga Cowboy!" The said monster appeared and stood proudly on the field.

Gagaga Cowboy
Rank: 4
Attribute: Earth
Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 1500

Shadow shouted, "Finally, time for a clash of the titans!"

This is hopefully a part 1 of 3 battle. Then again, I got nothing up until now.

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